Christopher Hoffman
8 Canary Ct.

Mansfield, Texas 76063 

(817) 501-1742
E-mail: cscotthoffman09@yahoo.com

Objective:
My goal is to work for a company that will not only challenge my abilities on a daily basis but, throughout the years until my retirement.  I would like to contribute the knowledge I have gained thus far and look forward to gaining greater knowledge.

Professional experience:

12/2013 – 03/2015

Falcon Steel Company

Detailer-Designer (Inventor 2013, 2015, Autocad Mechanical 2013, 2015, Raster Design 2015)

·  Responsible for all drafting and designing of concrete pole forms for the concrete division.

·  Responsible for drafting standard projects, non standard projects, tracking current projects (sales orders) from the initial detail process through approval and being released to fabrication.

·  Responsible for some development of custom programs and templates for use with Autodesk Inventor.

·  Assisted in developing company standards and programs to be used in future drafting projects.

 

5/2013-11/2013

Freemyer Industrial Pressure

Design Engineer (Inventor 2011 Routed Systems, Autocad Mechanical 2011)

·  Responsible for drafting and designing fracking skids, truck mounted frac units

            and truck mounted cementers.

·  Responsible for creating flat patterns of parts to be laser cut, getting quotes from  vendors and requesting purchase orders for the parts .

·     Provided support to the fabrication department during the fabrication of projects.

 

8/2011 – 1/2013

TAC Industries

Drafter/Designer (Inventor 2011, 2012, 2013, Autocad Mechanical 2011-2013)

·  Responsible drafting and design of in-house fabrication projects.

·  Created assembly drawings and part drawings for submittal/approval package

·  Created assembly drawings, part drawings, and bill of materials for fabrication packages.

·  Created flat pattern drawings with break/roll details for parts that are to be rolled or broken.

·  Developed spreadsheets that included fittings and fasteners that are to be bought out and used in assembly of the projects.

·  Provided support to fabrication shop superintendent during fabrication of projects.

 

11/2009 – 08/2011

The Judge Group/Miller Coors Brewing

Cad Drafter (Autocad Electrical  2010-2012, Microstation V8i)

·  Responsible for drafting all electrical schematics within the brewery

·  Design panel layouts

·  Plotting and designing of promotional posters and marketing material

 

4/2007 - 6/2009

Enbridge Gathering North Texas

Designer (Autocad Civil 3D 2007-2010, Autocad Map 3d, Arc GIS Desktop 9.0-9.3 ArcPad, Autodesk Raster Design 2007-2009)

·  Developed and drafted county maps for all counties in North Texas that Enbridge owned or operated pipelines in.

·  Configured wireless GPS units to be used with laptops for use in the field when taking GPS points.

·  Created, updated, corrected shape files for all of the Enbridge owned pipelines in North Texas.

·  Developed, drafted, and updated USGS 1:24k Quad maps showing Enbridge owned pipelines within each quad for T-4 permit submission to the Texas Railroad Commission for 2007 and 2008.

·  Responsible for issuing line names and line numbers for all new pipelines and meter runs in North Texas

·  Went out into the field with various corrosion technicians and gathered GPS points on Enbridge owned pipelines. The points included were meter runs, road crossings, PI’s, creek crossings, fence crossings and various points along the pipeline.

·  Configured ARCPAD and all associated data to be used in the field by the Corrosion Technicians.

·  Created specialized maps and plotted any maps or drawings that were requested.

·  Created and maintained an Engineering and Construction database for use with new projects in the North Texas area.

 

 

12/2006 - 3/2007

Profile Consulting Inc.

CAD Consultant (Autocad Civil 3D 2006-2007)

·   Produced new work and demo work drawings for various post offices in West Texas and New Mexico.

·   Responsible for any in-house work that may have come in from clients.

·   Ran plots and prints as necessary.

·   Supported a structural engineer in various projects in Florida and Kansas.

·   Supported a civil engineer for various projects within the Dallas/Fort Worth area and at The University of Texas at Arlington.

 

 

8/2006 - 12/2006

Hayes & Stolz Ltd

Drafter/Designer (Autocad 2006)

·  Designed and drafted food grade mixers constructed out of stainless steel and carbon steel.

·  Designed and drafted carbon steel mixers for the paint, food, grain and concrete industries.

 

4/2006 - 7/2006 CMPA Inc. (National Semiconductor)
Designer (Autocad 2005)

·   Responsible for designing the placement of replacement tools for silicon wafer manufacturing.

·   Responsible for deciding which (new or existing) facilities (chemicals or gas) to use, all electrical panels to access, and other power sources and routes.

·   Responsible for updating existing drawings/ as-built plans and keeping track of our drawing tracking database for weekly reports.

·   Supported the design team with any issues that arose from software problems.

 

 

3/2006 - 4/2006 PDS Staffing/Plastronics
Designer/Draftsman/Engineering IT (contract) (Autodesk Inventor 9, Autocad 2006)

·  Responsible for updating all AutoCAD drawings to current in-house version of socket.

·  Supported the design team with any issues that arose from software problems.

·  Responsible for modeling, creating drawings, and creating assemblies of sockets using Autodesk Inventor 10.

10/2004 - 11/2005 Pronto Staffing/Sachem Inc
Designer/Draftsman/Engineering IT (contract) (Autocad 2002, 2004)

·   Responsible for the printing and plotting of all drawings required for on going construction in the chemical plant.

·   Assisted various engineers in the layout of projects throughout the plant.

·   Responsible for all aspects of drafting for construction and ongoing upgrades within the chemical plant.

 

09/2003 - 4/2004 S&B Infrastructure
GIS/Structural Designer 3/Application Support (ArcGIS Desktop, Microstation J, Autocad 2004)

·   Responsible for drafting layouts of roads and profiles of roads for existing projects.

·   Worked closely with various engineers in drafting additions to McAllen North and South Wastewater Treatment Plants.

·   Worked with various engineers and other GIS Designers in developing a land base for Hidalgo County.

·   Responsible for maintaining desktop hardware and network print systems for engineering group.

·               Assisted users with application troubleshooting and desktop configuration.

11/2001 - 06/2003 Star Pipe Products Houston, Texas
CAD Operator/CAD Designer/Engineering IT (Autodesk Inventor 5.3-6, Autocad R14-2004)

·   Part of overall concept and design of water fittings.

·   Worked closely with various engineers and sales team members to develop n new products or improve existing products.

·   Installed and troubleshot network printers through the engineering department.

 

Education:

1989 - 1992 Arlington High School Arlington, Texas
High School Diploma

1997 - 1998 Tarrant County Junior College Arlington, Texas
Engineering Program

2004 South Texas Community College McAllen, Texas
Associates in Geographical Information
Systems

Summary of qualifications:

I am able to fluently use the following programs:

 

Autodesk Inventor 5.3 – 10, 2010-2015

AutoCAD versions 13 - 2015

AutoCAD Mechanical r2-2015

Autodesk Civil 3d 2007 - 2010

AutoCAD Map 2007 - 2009

AutoCAD Electrical 2010-2012

Autodesk Raster Design 2007 - 2015
Bentley Microstation v8

Microsoft Office 95 - 2013
ESRI Arc map (Arc GIS Desktop) 9.1 - 9.3
ESRI Arc Pad 7.1

MapInfo 5, 5.5


References:

 

Mike Chamberlain (Miller Coors) (817) 879-9371

Robert Castro (Personal) (Enbridge Gathering) (832) 421-8871

Dennis Hamblin (Personal) (Enbridge Gathering) (817) 523-2308

John Ward (PDS Technical) (972) 465-8822 ext. 15244
Terry Russell (S&B Infrastructure) (956) 926-5032
Jeff Pakeltis (Sachem Inc.) (817) 202-3224
Mike Cordell (Personal) (281) 558-9086
David Hill (Personal) (469) 236-0136
Chad Cantrell (Personal) (817) 903-4040
Craig Mitchell (Lone Star Pipeline) (214) 206-2748
Glenn Maxey (ICG Telecom) (281)852-3030
Ron Guantt (Personal) (713) 298-1161